Early Childhood Education & Child Care News
WEB3 days ago · The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is developing an innovative national tool to assess preschool children’s learning in areas such as everyday problem-solving and language, and needs the assistance of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector to progress this work. 2024-09-25 09:24:02.
The approved learning frameworks change in 2024 - The Sector
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Released in early 2023, to allow services and approved providers to become familiar with the revised frameworks, the V2.0 editions of the frameworks must be used from 1 February 2024. In the piece below we explore four of the key changes outlined in the revised versions. Key updates to the EYLF V2.0 and …
Childcare Centre Desktop completes restructure as new strategic ...
WEBDec 13, 2021 · Childcare Centre Desktop, the online resource library focused on early childhood education and care (ECEC) documentation that supports services meet their operational and compliance responsibilities, has confirmed the completion of a restructure that will see majority ownership transfer to a new strategic investor as it lays the foundation for a new frontier in childcare software.
Updates to EYLF and MTOP approved by Education Ministers: Key …
WEBJan 24, 2023 · Updates to Australia’s two approved learning frameworks – the Early Years Learning Framework and My Time, Our Place: Framework for School Age Care – have been approved by all Australian, state and territory Education Ministers. “Approved learning frameworks are a critically important part of the National Quality Framework (NQF),” ACECQA said in announcing the new frameworks.
Changes to A&R from 2023: what are they, and how will they
WEBDec 6, 2022 · The assessment and rating process (A&R) will change in 2023, with a refinement of the process to support clarity and consistency at a national level, the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) has announced. greater use of partial A&Rs as currently allowed under the National Law (only applicable to services rated ...
ELAA welcomes VECTEA approval that brings ECTs and educators …
WEBJul 14, 2021 · VECTEA 2020 was approved by the Fair Work Commission earlier this week, and the agreement provides for significant wage increases for early childhood staff in Victorian kindergartens. “We’re pleased that under this agreement early childhood teachers can earn in excess of $100,000 per annum,” said ELAA Director Advocacy Solutions Megan O ...
Goodstart announces Xap as new childcare management system …
WEBApril 22, 2021. Provider. Marketplace. Goodstart Early Learning have confirmed that Xap Technologies, and their all in one Xap 2.0 platform, will be its new childcare management system (CMS) provider in a media release. The decision was made after a trial of different CMS providers and marks the first such change since Goodstart was founded in ...
Affinity Education sold to Quadrant Private Equity in $650m deal
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Affinity Education has been sold to Sydney based Quadrant Private Equity in a deal that is understood to have totalled around $650 million, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) has reported.. Affinity, which owns and operates around 150 early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres across Australia’s east coast, was purchased by Anchorage Capital in 2015 for around $212 million and has ...
Camp Australia launches first brand refresh in 30+ years to reflect ...
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · Camp Australia, the nation’s largest provider of outside school hours care (OSHC) has continued the momentum that began 18 months ago with the appointment of new CEO, Warren Jacobson, announcing a brand refresh, anchored in a new promise – Guiding Children’s Growth.. Since establishing itself in 1987, Camp Australia has grown to become a familiar name within the Australian early ...
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